On 24
December, during a Central Election Commission meeting, its chair Lidzia
Yarmoshyna said the consideration of an appeal by the Belarusian Helsinki
Committee was not provided by the law.

“I
objected, saying that we submitted our appeal under Article 40 of the
Belarusian Constitution, since we registered numerous election violations
during the independent observation campaign. However, I received an extremely
rude reply from Ms. Yarmoshyna”, says BHC lawyer Harry Pahaniayla.

At the same
meeting, the CEC members dismissed a similar appeal by former presidential
candidate Ryhor Kastusiou.